Gortyna

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γόρτῡν (Górtūn).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡorˈtyː.na/, [ɡɔrˈt̪yːnä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡorˈti.na/, [ɡorˈt̪iːnä]

Proper noun

Gortȳna f sg (genitive Gortȳnae); first declension

  1. An important city of Crete

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gortȳna
Genitive Gortȳnae
Dative Gortȳnae
Accusative Gortȳnam
Ablative Gortȳnā
Vocative Gortȳna
Locative Gortȳnae
  • Gortȳnius
  • Gortȳniacus
  • Gortȳnis

References
  • “Gortyna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Gortyna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Gortyn”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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